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IndyCar - NOLA: Restart, and Pagenaud is all over Power ...
IndyCar - NOLA: The injured crew member is Dracone's chief mechanic Todd Phillips. He's conscious, but is still receiving treatment. We haven't seen a replay yet, but it sounds like he was hit as the Italian was leaving the pits.
MotoGP - Austin: Order at the end of Lap 4:
1. Dovizioso
2. Marquez
3. Rossi
4. Smith
5. Lorenzo
6. Iannone
7. A Espargaro
8. Crutchlow
9. Petruccci
10. Hernandez
1. Dovizioso
2. Marquez
3. Rossi
4. Smith
5. Lorenzo
6. Iannone
7. A Espargaro
8. Crutchlow
9. Petruccci
10. Hernandez
IndyCar - NOLA: One of Dracone's crew members is down in pitlane. Not sure what happened there, but safety personnel are on the scene.
Crash
MotoGP - Austin: Bradl has crashed at Turn 1, reportedly OK.
MotoGP - Austin: Iannone has taken sixth from the remaining Espargaro in the race.
MotoGP - Austin: Dovizioso has skipped away by half a second, but there's nothing between Marquez, Rossi and Smith behind him.
MotoGP - Austin: End of the first lap, Dovizioso leads Marquez, Rossi, Smith, Lorenzo, Aleix Espargaro, Iannone, Crutchlow, Hernandez and Petrucci.
Crash
MotoGP - Austin: Redding and Pol Espargaro are down, they've clashed at Turn 10. Redding has resumed, but he's a distant last.
MotoGP - Austin: Lorenzo got a good initial launch, but has dropped to fifth, while Smith has jumped from 10th to fourth.
Lights out
MotoGP - Austin: Dovizioso leads Marquez and Rossi.
MotoGP - Austin: Riders are away on their warm-up lap. We're about to go racing!
European F3 - Silverstone: No action was taken regarding any of the collisions during the European F3 weekend.
One of those in race two featured the oldest driver in the field - 24-year-old Markus Pommer - punting the youngest: 16-year-old Callum Ilott. Both scored points in the remaining races, with Pommer taking a fine fifth in race one for the returning Motopark team.
One of those in race two featured the oldest driver in the field - 24-year-old Markus Pommer - punting the youngest: 16-year-old Callum Ilott. Both scored points in the remaining races, with Pommer taking a fine fifth in race one for the returning Motopark team.
IndyCar - NOLA: Still under caution, and it's still Montoya leading a Penske train. There are only three Penskes up at the front now though, with Castroneves having dropped back to 10th after that scrape with Dracone. Bourdais has moved up to fourth ahead of Rahal - where did he come from? -Hunter-Reay, and Filippi. de Silvestro, Newgarden and Hinchcliffe round out the top 10.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - NOLA:Restart ... but Hawksworth and Jakes managed to hit each other as they were coming through the final corner. Hawksworth car has borne the brunt of the damage from the incident, which was triggered by Jakes spinning and Hawksworth hitting the barriers while trying to avoid him.
It took a while for race control to throw that second yellow, which allowed enough time for some Turn 1 shenanigans. The upshot of that was that Castroneves has damaged his front wing in a misjudged move on the lapped car of Dracone. The DCR car appears to have sustained a cut tyre.
It took a while for race control to throw that second yellow, which allowed enough time for some Turn 1 shenanigans. The upshot of that was that Castroneves has damaged his front wing in a misjudged move on the lapped car of Dracone. The DCR car appears to have sustained a cut tyre.
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MotoGP - Austin: Cal Crutchlow will start fifth when the race finally gets underway in just under 10 minutes. He's on a new chassis this weekend, and is expecting that to be a challenge in the race.
"The race is going to be quite difficult because we don't understand the package enough at the moment to make changes and we don't really know what way to go," he said.
"The new chassis is better but I haven't had enough time on it. Anyway we've definitely improved and our pace is not too bad because in FP4 I did my fastest lap with 17 laps on the tyre, so that's a positive thing and I think a lot of the other guys were on new tyres.
"It's a good step to go into [the race] confident but we need to work for the start of the race and we need to be there on the first eight laps of the race because I think at the moment we might lose some time, but then gain it back at the end of the race."
"The race is going to be quite difficult because we don't understand the package enough at the moment to make changes and we don't really know what way to go," he said.
"The new chassis is better but I haven't had enough time on it. Anyway we've definitely improved and our pace is not too bad because in FP4 I did my fastest lap with 17 laps on the tyre, so that's a positive thing and I think a lot of the other guys were on new tyres.
"It's a good step to go into [the race] confident but we need to work for the start of the race and we need to be there on the first eight laps of the race because I think at the moment we might lose some time, but then gain it back at the end of the race."
MotoGP - Austin: With the new start time now 15 minutes away, pitlane has reopened and riders are heading back to the grid.
Yellow flag
IndyCar - NOLA: It's going to take more than a rotund man in slacks to rescue the BHA car this time. Up front, Montoya currently leads a Penske 1-2-3-4.
IndyCar - NOLA: That was odd. Chaves was stuck on the edge of the kerbing, and a rotund man in slacks ran through the mud to push him back onto the track. It worked - until Chaves stopped again at the next corner.
IndyCar - NOLA: Castroneves makes his stop for slicks, and Montoya cycles back into the lead. Elsewhere, Gabby Chaves has fallen off the track and is doing donuts in the mud as he struggles to return to tarmac.
IndyCar - NOLA: And in the time it took us to write that, Montoya, Power and Pagenaud all pit. Castroneves will be in next time around, as will Scott Dixon. The Ganassis have been fast in the dry all weekend, so it will be interesting to see what he can do with his second stint.
Breaking news
MotoGP - Austin: We have an update! The race will start at 14:37 local time, which is 20:37 BST. So in about 25 minutes.
The 21-lap duration has not changed.
The 21-lap duration has not changed.
IndyCar - NOLA: Power has closed back up to Montoya, who has told the team that it's too early to change to slicks yet. Just to prove his point, Kanaan skates off the track and into a muddly puddle.
MotoGP - Austin: Getting ready for his 200th grand prix, Nicky Hayden told commentators that the water caught his attention on the way to the grid.
"I saw that water on the sighting lap and made a note that I needed to pay attention to it on the warm-up lap," he said.
"I saw that water on the sighting lap and made a note that I needed to pay attention to it on the warm-up lap," he said.
IndyCar - NOLA: Here we go. Lap 11, and Kanaan and Hunter-Reay have pitted from sixth and seventh to swap their wets for stickered reds. Hunter-Reay beat Kanaan out of the pits, too.
MotoGP - Austin: MotoGP is no stranger to delays this weekend... Practice on Friday was delayed by 50 minutes due to an insufficient number of officials being on site, and then a dog found its way onto the track, which brought out the red flag for 20 minutes.
MotoGP - Austin: Bikes and riders are returning to their garages. Turn 3 is the problematic part of the track.
IndyCar - NOLA: Kanaan's mishap has allowed the two lead Penskes to open a significant gap. After just seven laps Power trails Montoya by 0.7s, but Castroneves is almost 5.0s further down the road in third.
IndyCar - NOLA: We're a couple of minutes late in telling you this due to a brief internet outage, but the race is underway at NOLA. The track is still damp, and for now, everyone is still on wets. Montoya leads from Power, and the only real excitement up front has been Kanaan running wide while trying to pass Power, and falling back from third to sixth.
MotoGP - Austin: The start has been delayed, no reason or duration yet. Seems water is dripping onto the circuit from an overpass bridge.
MotoGP - Austin: We're a couple of minutes away from race start, as the grid starts to empty.
MotoGP - Austin: On the hard option front tyre, we have Marquez, Rossi, Crutchlow, Redding, Hernandez, Vinales and De Meglio. Everyone else is on the medium hard.
Only Bautista, on the soft, isn't on the medium rear tyre.
Only Bautista, on the soft, isn't on the medium rear tyre.
MotoGP - Austin: It definitely looks a bit sunnier now than it did for the earlier Moto3 and Moto2 races.
MotoGP - Austin: In his 200th grand prix, the only local in the field, Nicky Hayden will start 22nd.
MotoGP - Austin: We're about 15 minutes away from the start, riders are starting to line up on the grid.
MotoGP - Austin: Jorge Lorenzo completes the front row, here's the first four rows:
1. Marquez
2. Dovizioso
3. Lorenzo
4. Rossi
5. Crutchlow
6. Redding
7. Iannone
8. Aleix Espargaro
9. Pol Espargaro
10. Smith
11. Petrucci
12. Vinales
1. Marquez
2. Dovizioso
3. Lorenzo
4. Rossi
5. Crutchlow
6. Redding
7. Iannone
8. Aleix Espargaro
9. Pol Espargaro
10. Smith
11. Petrucci
12. Vinales
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MotoGP - Austin: Pole-sitter in Qatar and second to Valentino Rossi in a dramatic finale, Andrea Dovizioso will start second.
“When we get these results, it means that we have certainly been working well," he said.
"We managed to improve the feeling a bit in FP4, and this allowed me to be aggressive in qualifying and record a really good time.
"Here in Texas we’ve had a bit more difficulty than in Qatar, because the Austin track is very unusual and the weather conditions have certainly not helped."
“When we get these results, it means that we have certainly been working well," he said.
"We managed to improve the feeling a bit in FP4, and this allowed me to be aggressive in qualifying and record a really good time.
"Here in Texas we’ve had a bit more difficulty than in Qatar, because the Austin track is very unusual and the weather conditions have certainly not helped."
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MotoGP - Austin: Here's what the two-time MotoGP champion had to say about his qualifying adventure. He'll also be pleased to know it's still dry!
“It was rather different to what we are used to, because when I crossed the line for the first time with the second tyre I saw a warning light on the bike," he said.
"When that happens, we are normally advised to shut off the engine. I was able to get out again on the second bike and cross the line right at the cut-off point to put in a final lap, which worked out well for us.
"It's important, because tomorrow we are expecting an eventful race with the unstable weather conditions. If the race is dry, then I'm ready.
"If it's wet, then we will have to see how things go in the moment!”
“It was rather different to what we are used to, because when I crossed the line for the first time with the second tyre I saw a warning light on the bike," he said.
"When that happens, we are normally advised to shut off the engine. I was able to get out again on the second bike and cross the line right at the cut-off point to put in a final lap, which worked out well for us.
"It's important, because tomorrow we are expecting an eventful race with the unstable weather conditions. If the race is dry, then I'm ready.
"If it's wet, then we will have to see how things go in the moment!”
MotoGP - Austin: We're just over half an hour away from the MotoGP start and it's still dry in Austin. Will the 21-lap race be as dramatic as qualifying?
Marc Marquez on pole after sprint for spare Honda
Marc Marquez on pole after sprint for spare Honda
Breaking news
WEC - Silverstone: If you followed the race this afternoon, here's GARY WATKINS' full report.
Audi holds out Porsche to win season opener
Audi holds out Porsche to win season opener
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